Improvement in galvanic corsets



UNITED STATES PATEN FICE.

SAMUEL IV. GEERY, OF NEIVARK, NE7 JERSEY, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF IHS.RIGHT TO J AMES BOIVERS, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN GALVANIC CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Iatcnt No. 210,932, dated December17, 1878; application filed March 19, 1878.

To all whom -z't may concer/n:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL XV. GEERY, of the city of Newark, in thecounty of Esser and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Corsets 5 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in corsets, whereby theyare made to conduce to and promote the health of the wearer.

The accompanying drawing` illustrates the nature and character of thcinvention, in which- Figure l represents one side or half of a corsetembodying my improvement, and Fig. 2 represents the springs or staysdetached from the corset and the wires which them, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5are modifications of the same, similar letters of reference indicatingcorresponding parts in each ligure.

My invention consists in providing either or both sides of a corset witha series of steel springs or stays, a, as indicated in the drawing,which are alternately plated or covered with zinc and platinum orcopper, and uniting them by means of cotton cord, copper Wire, or strapsb, or a series of said Wires or straps, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2,thereby preventing rust and imparting to a corset a volta-galvanicclement, which renders it highly thera pcutic in character Withoutdetracting from the ordinary uses and advantages of the corset.

By means of this improvement medicinal applications and remedies may bereadily and advantageously introduced into the system, as will hereadily understood.

The springs or stays a may be arranged singly side by side, as indicatedin Figs. l and 2; or each stay may be double or composed of two plates,as indicated in Figs. 3 or 5, one of which is plated with zinc, and theother with platinum or copper, as above stated, so that cach stay formsan independent battery. Said plates may be perforated, as shown andindicated at c or e in Fig. 2, for the purpose of admitting theconnecting copper Wires or straps b or the latter may be wrapped aroundsaid plates a, as indicated at d in Figs. 2 and 4.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of plates ofelectrically-di'erent metals in bands for application to the body; but

I claim as a new article of manufacture- A corset the stays of which areof steel, plated with metals electro-positive and electro-negative toeach other, and connected by Wires or bands, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto afx mysignature in presence of two Witnesses. f

SAMUEL W. GEERY.

Witnesses OLIVER Daarin, l. J. INsLEn.

